Shade and curtain adjusting and supporting means



- E. c. JosgPl-l SHADE AND CURTAiN ADJUSTING AND SUPPORTING MEANS FiledAugust 25. 1924 2 s -sh t 1 INVENTOR ATI'ORNEY Dec. 7, 1926.

E. C. JOSEPH SHADE AND CURTAIN ADJUSTING AND SUPPORTING MEANS FiledAugust 25. 1924 2 sh t -sheet 2 E6. Jade via ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 7,19 26.

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..App1ication filed Angust 25, I924. Serial No; 734,039,

The object of my said invention is the prof vision of advantageous meanswhereby a wmdow shade and curtain may be adqustea and adjustably fixedso'as to afford a clear passage for overhead ventilation while obviating the draft and maintaining the privacy of an apartment. l 7 Tothe attainment of the foregoing, the invention conslsts 1n thelmprovement as hereinafter described'and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this spec1ficat1on,:-,-

Figure 1 is an elevation showing my improved means in use.

Figure 2 is a broken plan view of thesam-e.

Figure 3 is a broken edge elevation of the which one of the slidemembers of the improvement is formed.

Figure 6 is a perspective of one of the lower bracket-s.

Figure 7 is a detail perspective of one of.

the latches comprised in the improvement. Similar numerals of referencedesignate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

The window casing 1 is preferably arranged to contain sliding sashes 2and is otherwise of the ordinary well known construction.

In accordance with my invention Iprovide on the faces of the side stilesof the casing 1 upper fixed brackets '3 and lower fixed brackets 4.These brackets serve to receive and hold upright bars 5 of angularcross-section, the said bars 5 being not hed at 6. The offsets 7 ofthelower brackets a are provided with circular apertures 8 for thereception of upright rock shafts 9 which are journaled in the offsets 7and are provided at their lower ends with handles 10. At 11 the rockshafts 9 are toothed as shown in of my improvement are preferably,t-houglr not necessarily, formed respectively of a blank such asdesignated by 12 in Figure 5, each of the said rectangular form andbeing provided in their upper and'lower walls with annular apertures 13for the passage of the bars 5 and being also provided with outeroverhanging portions 14 which serve for the connection slide membersbeing of c as to afford adequate overhead ventilation of the upper endsof the shafts 9 and terminatein pendent resilientportions'15 which tendtospring inwardlyor toward each other. Guided' in the outer walls of theslidable me mbers12 arelatche's'16, beveled at 17 to engage thenotches'6 of the bars 5 and havthe shafts' flf The outer endsv of thesaid latches 16are-reduced at119 and disposed in apertures in the arms15" which arms ten'd'to press the latches'16 inwardly and yieldinglyhold the said latches 16 against casual outward movement.

interposed between and appropriately con-. nected to the slidablemembers 12 is arod jingracks 18in mesh with the teeth. 11 of j 20,Figure 2, designed and adapted to pre-' vent tu'rning of the saidmembers12 "horizontally about their axes, and also des1gned to assist in thevertical movements of the members 12 as a unit.

The slidable members 12 are provided with the usual aperture and notch,respectively, forthe reception of the end bearings of a shade roller 21.and it will also be noted that the slidable members 12 are provided withhooks 22, designed for the engagement and support of a curtain pol-e 23shown by dotted lines 111' Figure 2.

The upper ends. of the shafts 9 are journaled in and connected to theoverhanging portions ll of the slidable members 12, andfrom this itfollows that through the medium of the shafts 9 the slidable members 12and the shade and curtain supported thereon may be expeditiously andeasily lowered. The slidable members 12 are adjustably fixed to the bars5 by the latches 16 and from this it follows that precedent to raisingor lowering theslidable members 12 and the shade and curtain, the saidshafts 9 must be turned about their axes so as to withdraw the latches16 from engagement withnotches of the bars 13. Then when the slidablemembers 12 are positioned as desired, the shafts 9 are releasedwhereupon the resilient terminals 15 of the members 12 will press thesaid slidable members 16 into notches of the bars 5.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that-through the medium of myimprovement a shade and curtain may be lowered so fecting the privacy ofthe apartment.

I have specifically described the preferred embodiment of my inventionin order to impart an exact understanding of the said embodiment. I donot desire, however to be understood as confining myself to the speoificconstruction and relative arrangement of parts in the present disclosureinasmuch as my invention is defined by my appended claim within thescope of which changes may be made without ailecting my invention.

Having described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s:

A device of the character described including spaced fixed brackets, anupright bar betwe n said brackets a slide membermounted for adjustmentonthe bar and including a pendent resilient port-ion spaced from the bod 1or the slide member said uo-ri ht bar having spaced notches, a latchmember havins: reduced end portions, one of which is slidable throughone Wall of the slide member and beveled for engagement with the iotchesin said tip-right bar, the other r-edueed end of said latch beingmounted in the resilient pendent portion whereby to norma-lly retainthebeveled portion in operative posit-ion a rack formed on saidlatchvrneinher, and a rock shaft supported parallel with the upright barand havin'gvteeth for engagement with the rack whereby to actuate saidrack to release the slide member and said rock shaft beinglongitudinally movable as; and forthe purpose set forth.

In, testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EDMONDC. JOSEPH;

